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| Mattawa Bay | |
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 Watershed of Saint-Maurice River | |
| Location | La Tuque |
| Coordinates | 48°26′14″N 75°20′46″W / 48.43722°N 75.34611°W |
| Type | Lake of dam |
| Primary inflows |
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| Primary outflows | Du Mâle Lake, Gouin Reservoir |
| Basin countries | Canada |
| Max. length | 17.0 |
| Max. width | 3.0 |
| Surface elevation | 402 |
Mattawa Bay is a freshwater body of the southwestern part of the Gouin Reservoir in the territory of the town of La Tuque, in the Mauricie administrative region, in the province of Quebec, in Canada.
This lake extends in the canton of Poisson and Evanturel. Following the completion of the Gouin Dam in 1948, Mattawa Bay is in its present form as part of the Gouin Reservoir.
Recreotourism activities are the main economic activity of the sector. Forestry comes second.
Some forest roads serve the valleys of the Flapjack River, Bignell Creek, and the Mégiscane River. These forest road branches connect to [404 (Quebec) Highway 404] which serves the Mattawa Bay Valley and connects to the Southeast at route 400 which connects the Gouin Dam to the village of Parent, Quebec via the river valleys Jean-Pierre and Leblanc.
The surface of Mattawa Bay is usually frozen from mid-November to the end of April, but safe ice circulation is generally from early December to the end of March.
Geography
Toponymy
The toponym "Baie Mattawa" was formalized on December 5, 1968 by the Commission de toponymie du Québec, when it was created.[2]
Notes and references
- ^ Distances measured from the Atlas of Canada (published on the Internet) of the Department of Natural Resources Canada.
- ^ Quebec Geographic Names Board - Place names database - Toponym: "Mattawa Bay".